PAPs too easy now?
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PAPs too easy now? - 9/5/2008 11:10:01 PM
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bkulamer
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I wonder if anyone else is finding the pic-a-pic puzzles too easy now? I understand that Conceptis would want to have some easy ones, to get new people started. This week, though, all 4 puzzles are easy. Why couldn't there be more variety in the difficulty of these every week?
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 9/7/2008 9:05:57 AM
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lekahe
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Weeks are different. Either I was distracted last week because of going to work or last week's PAP's were harder than usually.
I got totally stuck with the larger colour PAP and then later had no time to finish it...
Leena
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 9/8/2008 2:44:56 PM
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mdavis
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I agree, the PAPs are almost always too easy, ever since the new website came on line. Its extremely disappointing, and I've been searching the internet, hoping to find other sites where there might be more challenging puzzles.
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 9/13/2008 10:52:43 AM
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TygerStripe
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I found last weeks easier than advertised and this weeks harder than advertised. I was actually surprised to see a medium color PAP this week. Usually the color ones are easy or very easy. Though the "Easy" rated B&W ones seemed a little bit harder to me. Or maybe it was just a little more tedious.
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 9/14/2008 6:33:02 PM
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wdmot
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I found this week's "medium" colour PaP to be pretty easy, but the first "easy" B&W one (00090100079) has me stuck after only filling in about 20 squares. Seems it should be rated higher than "easy" ... or else I'm missing something very obvious! And I can often complete the difficult ones. But I suppose in general, they've been a little easier than "normal" the last couple months.
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 10/4/2008 2:21:30 PM
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kw
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I also think that in general, the paps are easier than before. For me it's okay because I don't like the very hard ones.
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 10/5/2008 1:46:22 AM
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calico-girl
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I think it would be interesting to understand exactly how the puzzle difficulty is rated. I always expected it to be a mathematically-based system. Any solver can get a basic idea of how hard a puzzle will be, according to how many large numbers help fill the space, as opposed to a few ones in a long row. But then there are factors like how many diagonal lines there are, because they build up so nicely upon themselves.
Please, conceptis raters, share your formula, or your list of factors to be considered.
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RE: PAPs too easy now? - 10/5/2008 6:13:11 AM
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TygerStripe
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Large numbers don't help so much if they just build up a blob in the middle. Perhaps more important is how sparse the lines are, or if there are lines you can completely fill in because they just fit.
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